Biography
Honors & Records
2016-17 Elmira College Male Athlete of the Year
2016 ABCA/Rawlings All-Region Second Team
2016 D3baseball.com Second Team All-New York Region
2016-17 Elmira College Booster Club Player of the Year
2016 Elmira College Booster Club Player of the Year
2015 Elmira College Booster Club Player of the Year
2016 Empire 8 All-Conference Second Team
2016 Empire 8 All-Conference First Team
2015 Empire 8 All-Conference Second Team
EC Athlete of the Week (5/9/16, 4/10/17, 5/15/17)
Empire 8 Player of the Week (3/21/16)
Holds the program record for most career home runs (13), RBIs (91) and doubles (44)
2017 Season
Started in all 35 games during his final collegiate season…Paced the team in batting average (.360), RBIs (29), doubles (14) and home runs (6), and ranked in a tie for first in hits (26) and runs (45)…His six homers are a program record for a single season…Recorded 12 multi-hit games throughout the season…Began the year on an eight-game on-base streak…Was a perfect 3-for-3 with three RBIs, three runs scored and two doubles in a triumph over Houghton (4/1)…Hit a home run and a double with one RBI and one run in the program’s first victory over Route 13 rival Ithaca (4/9)…Recorded two hits with one homer and one double to go along with two runs scored and two RBIs in a 7-5 win over Stevens (4/15)…Went 2-for-3 from the plate with a season-high four RBIs, two runs, one home run and a pair of doubles in a 6-1 victory over Medaille (4/29)…Concluded his senior campaign on a 13-game on-base streak.
2016 Season
Started all 40 games at first base while batting third in the lineup...Led the Soaring Eagles with 62 hits, 40 RBIs, 21 doubles, five home runs, and a .610 slugging percentage, all program single-season records through EC's first two varsity seasons...Paced all players in the Empire 8 in doubles, while finishing fifth in hits and slugging percentage, and sixth in RBIs...Scored 32 runs, tied for the second-most on the squad, while his .378 batting average ranked second...Had 20 multi-hit games and 11 outings with multiple RBIs...Hit his first dinger of the season as part of a 4-for-5 outing with three RBIs in a triumph over Penn State-Harrisburg (3/18)...Drive-in a season-high-tying four RBIs in a 14-2 victory vs. Medaille (3/22)...Homered twice in the season series vs. Empire 8 foe Stevens (4/8, 4/17), the latter in an extra-inning game with four RBIs...Pieced together a season-long 10-game hit streak from April 17-30...Was 3-for-5 with two doubles, two runs, and two RBIs in a road win over Pitt-Bradford (5/4).
2015 Season
Appeared in 37 games, which included 36 starts...Led the team in RBIs (22), doubles (9), triples (2), home runs (2), and slugging percentage (.462)...Was second with 41 hits and 24 runs scored, and third with a .315 batting average...Began his collegiate career with three consecutive multi-hit games, including a 2-for-4 effort in the season-opener vs. RIT (3/14)...Collected three hits, including a double, against Bard (3/25)...Finished 2-for-3 with two RBIs in EC's first-ever win, a 9-5 defeat of Houghton (4/11)...Drove in a season-high four RBIs in a 3-for-4 effort with two doubles vs. Keuka (4/23)...Smashed his first career homer, a three-run shot, against Stevens at Dunn Field (4/25)...Also homered in a win over SUNY Oneonta (4/28)...Tripled twice as part of a 2-for-3 performance with three RBIs and two runs in the nightcap of a doubleheader vs. Hilbert (4/30), a 14-4 win.
Before Elmira
Was a three-sport athlete, lettering in baseball, basketball, and football...Earned All-Star honors in all three sports...A two-time IAC All-Star selection in baseball...Earned Section IV All-Star honors in both basketball and football...In four years of varsity baseball at nearby Thomas A. Edison High School, he hit 15 home runs and totaled 170 RBIs.
Personal
Dylan spent his first year of college at the University of Albany before transferring to Elmira…He is a Business Administration major with a concentration in Marketing...His brother, Zac, played baseball at the College of Saint Rose.
